America in World War II

1. America in World
War II
UNIT PLAN
DALTON GANDEE

2. Analyze the learner
 General: 10th grade, 18 students (12 girls, 6 boys) 12 Caucasian, 4 African
Americans, 2 Latino’s.
 Learning Competencies: Students should have the basic background of
World War II, and America’s part in the war.
 Learning Styles: Most of my students are Visual learners, while the rest are
auditory learns. (They will understand the concept.)

3. Objective
 Students will analyze and explain American’s impact on World War II in
Europe and in the Pacific. They will do this through maps, documents,
videos, power points, and they will do a presentation about the war to
show what they have learned with a 100 percent accuracy rate.

4. Day by day
1. America before the war, how they prepared for war, why they got into the
war. I will do this with videos, and my presentations.
2. America goes to war with Germany and Italy. I will also talk about war
tactics. I will show video’s and maps of Germany and Italy.
3. Pearl Harbor, why we went to war with Japan. I will show them video
from pearl harbor, and documents for them to read to let them get the
feeling.
4. Island hopping in the Pacific taking over Japan. A slide show and a videos.
5. The atomic bombs dropped on Japan. Documents from Japan, videos,
and breaking up into small groups to discuss what they think about the
bombs being dropped.

5. Use of technology
 Power points, and videos on the computer, I will check to make sure they
are working and prepared.
 YouTube to show the videos.
 Maps pulled up on the computer.

6. Works cited
 (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/06/world-war-ii-before-the-
war/100089/
 What were the greatest military tactics used specifically in WW2? (n.d.).
Retrieved February 10, 2016, from https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-
greatest-military-tactics-used-specifically-in-WW2
 Pearl Harbor. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
 Island Hopping. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from http://www.u-s-
history.com/pages/h1671.html
 Atomic Bomb. (2014). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from
http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/atomic-bomb